Rescue workers look through the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma May 21, 2013 after a devastating tornado ripped through the town May 20. Officials report that he 2-mile (3-km) wide tornado has killed at least 24 people and injured more than 200 others.

This is not the first time Alex Jones has garnered headlines for his claims regarding conspiracy theories. According to Ben Dimiero and Oliver Willis of the leftwing fact-checking group Media Matters, Jones has spoken of other cover-ups regarding recent events.

"In April, Jones garnered attention for labeling the Boston Marathon bombings a 'false flag' event staged by the U.S. government," wrote Dimiero and Willis.

"Over the years, Jones has endorsed a wide array of paranoid conspiracies, including alleging that the U.S. government carried out or was somehow involved in the 9-11 attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing, and recent mass shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary school and the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado."

Despite the controversial rhetoric, Jones' program has featured several notable Republican and conservative figures, such as Senator Rand Paul, his father Congressman Ron Paul, conservative talk radio personality Michael Savage, and others.

However not all conservative commentators have found a friend in Jones. Fox News contributor and author Glenn Beck and Jones have had their very public disagreements, with Jones claiming that Beck would have been spat upon by Thomas Jefferson and Beck stating that Jones is "not a conservative."

In addition to Alex Jones making headlines over his tornado comment, Fred Phelps, Jr. of the homophobic group Westboro Baptist Church has also made the news for claiming that the tornado was caused by a local team's support for NBA star Jason Collins, who recently came out as homosexual.